I really wanted to do a special birthday celebration for Leah as I always have done for them both but I had to get creative this year. Since a birthday party would be far too many people gathering, we did a driveway party inviting everyone over in 30 minute time slots with the ability to stand relatively far apart and in the safer outside space! Thank goodness for no rain - otherwise it would have been a garage party and it is quite the mess in the garage (hopefully we don't have to empty it when we sell!).
My cutie pies loving the balloons and popping a ton before the guests arrive.
The birthday girl!
I had the donut grow up birthday theme planned since well before quarantine started. That means I had a pinterest board filled with ideas but still counts as planning! So I went with that theme and we got donuts and coffee from Tims. This is the first and probably last time I will see Logan eat a donut (this boy truly doesn't like all the regular kid things). And then there's Leah with her complete donut addiction. No matter what drive through we are in she screams "way-ya my pinkle donut!" (where's my sprinkle donut in Leah language).
Doing things birthday princesses do - leaving to be by herself on the front porch with a bag of chips while her friends were visiting in the driveway.
It was so nice to see our friends and their kids after so many months! They did so well with keeping space too. I mean not to say they didn't occasionally step closer but nothing outside of what happens when walking down the sidewalk or in an aisle at the store. Chasing around the tree is so corona friendly!
And Leah loved her presents! So excited to open them all!
I just love this rockstar picture of Logan and Leah trying to have her turn with her birthday toy!
And she let me put her crown back on! Trying not to waste anytime with pictures when she clearly needs help to open her present!
After naptime, we had a backyard bbq complete with Leah's donut cake. Donuts and cake make a good birthday menu.
I have pictures of both of them with balloons, giant numbers for everyone of their birthdays but of course my little determined one who likes to make the rules wouldn't take a perfect picture for me!
This is birthday day! For her actual birthday, we were both off work and we had a whole day of activities planned!
Leah had a few small presents so I spaced them out and gave her some in the morning and some in the afternoon.
The morning presents included smal kitchen appliances so Leah can play with her own blender. We have been making a ton of smoothies lately and the blender scares Leah "scared of blender!" so now when she puts hers on she says "scared of blender!".
First things first: McD's pancake breakfast in the back of the car. They even took bites of hashbrown... super adventurous for these 2.
And to the splash pad! Splash pads hadn't been open for too long at this point and this was our first one (we have been once more to Ilderton since then). We tried the Komoka one for the first time and the kids loved it and it was wide enough that it wasnt crowded with kids. This was during the heat wave week so cooling off was the outdoor thing to do!
After Leah napped, it was pinata time! I had forgotten this at her birthday party on the Saturday. They loved this and it seems their favourites are my least favourite: rockets and suckers.
The chocolate was outside for all of 15 minutes and started to melt!
And 2nd present time! a wearable blanket (because Leah always asks to have the blanket put over her head) and a tea set! For all the tea parties!
And of course cake for dessert because these kids sure love their cake (and me) and Leah gets 2 birthday cakes for her celebrations!
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